"Therese Desqueyroux" (Initiation a la Litterature Francaise) (French Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (601 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0340772107 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-05 |
| Language | : | French |
DESCRIPTION:
Jenkins (the editor) has made judicious use of the considerable amount of critical material to have appeared on the novel during the last two decades.Modern Languages Review
Psychological portrait of a wife, friend, and criminal. A Customer Mauriac's psychological portrait of Therese Desqueyroux beautifully illustrates the infinite complexity of the human character. Therese goes through so many phases in this book, so many explanations of possible motivation for her strange crime, some of them deeply touching and innocent, some abhorable. It is impossible to choose one opinion of Therese and stick to it throughout the novel. At times she deserves only hatred, at times pit. "Crime and ?" according to Roger Brunyate. In 1906, in Mauriac's home town of Bordeaux, a young woman named Blanche Canaby was put on trial for attempting to poison her husband, but found guilty only of a lesser charge. Two decades later, Mauriac used the case as inspiration for his most famous novel, THÉRÈSE DESQUEYROUX. Not only that, he would return to the character in four later novels. Why this fascination with an obscure criminal? Why this most unusual crime. Case dismissed! Friederike Knabe Having recently watched the 2012 film version of François Mauriac classic novel, THERESE DESQUEYROUX, I felt the need to go back to the original novel, published in 1927, that I read decades ago when I was in my late teens. Reading Thérèse Desqueyroux's story with a twenty first century lens, I am fascinated by Mauriac's complex and multi-faceted presentation of her "case". Inspired by a "fait divers" concerning an
An edition of the Mauriac novel, presented in the original French. The text is accompanied by comprehnsive notes and an informative introduction, and is designed to facilitate a greater understanding of this great work of French literature.
Francois Mauriac (1885-1970) a recu, en 1952, le prix Nobel pour l ensemble de son uvre. C est un des plus importants ecrivains francais, tant pour ses romans que pour son celebre "Bloc-Notes".